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Baseball: Gabe Acevedo’s homer lifts Portage past Crown Point

CROWN POINT — Portage slugger Gabe Acevedo insisted he wasn’t thinking about hitting a home run or avenging last month’s humbling loss to Crown Point when …

  • May 19, 2012

Baseball: Lake Central’s Jimmy McNamara bounces back

CROWN POINT — Don’t worry about Jimmy McNamara’s arm—it’s fine. Making his first start since taking a pitch off the wrist last week against Chesterton, …

  • May 17, 2012

Baseball: Crown Point holds off Munster

CROWN POINT — At first, it was simple chatter between two members of the same pitching staff. “I told Zach (Plesac) at the beginning of …

  • Apr 20, 2012

Crown Point: Bulldogs survives Hanover Central

CEDAR LAKE — There were 13 hits in this high school baseball game. There were also 11 errors. Through it all, Crown Point came out …

  • Apr 20, 2012

Baseball: Duneland season preview 

Lake Central Lake Central coach Jeff Sandor knows he has two reliable arms in Jimmy McNamara and Taylor Lehnert. But he’s a little concerned about “an …

  • Mar 21, 2012

Crown Point overpowers Portage

MERRILLVILLE — Even when he apparently wasn’t good enough to wear a Crown Point uniform, Nick Nauracy never lost faith in himself. The senior right-handed …

  • May 31, 2011

Crown Point, Portage win sectional semis

It was a key moment late in the Merrillville Sectional semifinal game and Chesterton coach Jack Campbell had a decision to make. With runners on …

  • May 28, 2011

Dogs, Slicers meet in opener

The blind draw found a few nuts this year. Several of the region’s best baseball teams got favorable draws when the baseball sectional pairings were …

  • May 18, 2011

Crown Point blanks LaPorte

CROWN POINT — With all due respect to all mothers with your big day coming up, let’s begin with a story of a father, his …

  • May 9, 2011

Nauracy leads Crown Point over Trojans

Nick Nauracy was uncomfortable enough as it was, trying to answer unfamiliar questions from unfamiliar reporters in an unfamiliar setting. Then Steve Lowe snuck up …

  • Apr 5, 2011

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Baseball: Gabe Acevedo’s homer lifts Portage past Crown Point
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Baseball: Crown Point holds off Munster
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Crown Point: Bulldogs survives Hanover Central